Transplanting lettuce at G’s Growers plantation field, near Ely, UK. Credit: G’s Growers. Researchers at the Earlham Institute have been working in cooperation with G’s Growers, an independent producer comprising of 17 farmer members throughout the UK. Their...

In a collaborative project between the University of East Anglia, the University of Cambridge and the University of Lincoln the world’s first Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) for agri-food robotics is being established. After receiving a £6.6m grant from the...

BIG DATA BEING USED IN THE FIELD Connective technology developed in Norwich could help monitor crops Scientists on the Norwich Research Park have been collaborating to develop an open-source information management system that can be used for constant crop growth...

Industrial biotechnology has always followed a central theme: cells, bacterial or mammalian, which have been harnessed to work for us. This can cover a range of activities, from making food and drinks (bread, cheese, etc) to acting as microscopic factories to produce...